Originally posted by Wicked
But really, who defines what is fair?
If humans were meant to have claws and/or fangs, we would.
Nature gives the various creatures on this planet what they need to survive.
For some animals, it?s claws, for others it?s speed?for humans it?s our capacity to invent things, weaponry, cars, planes, toothpicks and those little hotdogs wrapped in dough...
Gotta love those little hotdogs.

Perhaps "fair" is a poor choice of word. "Imbalance" might be more appropriate. Even a cursory glance at what the rest of the animal kingdom's been able to devise tool-wise over millions of years in comparison to what we've accomplished in just the last few centuries suggests strongly that the playing field is far from level. A cheetah runs at great speeds and whales are quite proficient at swimming, but humans can fly faster than sound, travel through the solar system, and inflict unparalleled harm with nuclear weapons.

Endless Night once made an excellent argument in favor of trophy hunting...
it's good reading and EN knows what she's talking about.
Sharp piece of writing with enlightening arguments, but my stance on trophy hunting remains one of opposition. Trophy hunting is still a destructive force--though perhaps a more preferable one--and settling with it is settling with the lesser evil. Consenting to the killing of animals for entertainment is never acceptable.